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what is amazing to me is you open up the paper, you watch on television, there's boehner, mcconnell, all these people saying he has to have major entitlement cuts, cuts in social security, medicare and medicaid. right after the republicans got finished beating up on the democrats for allegedly taking $760 billion for medicare, that's terrible, now they're insisting we have to take more money for medicare, medicaid, social security. the democrats are stupid enough to go along with that. they will criticize the democrats the next election. >> that's a great point. heather, you were in washington and watched the sausage making happen. how much leverage do you think there is? >> that's a good question. i think unfortunately we may have to get through this period of time of complete detachment from reality. and then the conversation will shift as it will as people start to gear up for the midterms. people start looking out into the country again and saying, hey, we're still at about 8% unemployment out here. jobs are still the number one concern of voters. not on the donor class, but of v
what is amazing to me is you open up the paper, you watch on television, there's boehner, mcconnell, all these people saying he has to have major entitlement cuts, cuts in social security, medicare and medicaid. right after the republicans got finished beating up on the democrats for allegedly taking $760 billion for medicare, that's terrible, now they're insisting we have to take more money for medicare, medicaid, social security. the democrats are stupid enough to go along with that. they...
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>> i want to talk to john boehner. remember john boehner? >> yes. >> it was so big in december. it's like we've all forgotten about it. the payroll tax holiday and extended unemployment benefits will expire in a month. >> yes, absolutely. >> i was struck during the state of the union. the president did have a line calling for an extension of the payroll tax cuts but did not mention unemployment benefits. i feel hurt because i've been defending the president on that issue and if he's abandoning his position, i feel a little bit left out to dry. >> left out to dry. >> story of the week, coming up next. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in number
>> i want to talk to john boehner. remember john boehner? >> yes. >> it was so big in december. it's like we've all forgotten about it. the payroll tax holiday and extended unemployment benefits will expire in a month. >> yes, absolutely. >> i was struck during the state of the union. the president did have a line calling for an extension of the payroll tax cuts but did not mention unemployment benefits. i feel hurt because i've been defending the president on that...
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john boehner himself has said it. you don't need to have a botched gun walking operation in order to produce evidence that we need an assault weapons ban. >> right. the attempted assassination of a u.s. member of congress would seem to some to be sufficient evidence. >> which didn't trigger any -- >> no.ç >> the main gun control advocacy group. there is no appetite on capitol hill for gun legislation. >> it's interesting. the lengths people will go to in order to discredit the president. this is really a manufactured scenario here with respect to this whole fast and furious. they were looking for something. they are constantly manufacturing things on the hill. the bottom line is you're right. we have not raised the issue of gun control on the hill. that's not been a part of any political agenda as far as i can tell. as a matter of fact gabrielle giffords herself was a gun rights person. >> right. >> it boggles the mind that we have wasted so much time on the hill and distracted away from all of the key issues here.
john boehner himself has said it. you don't need to have a botched gun walking operation in order to produce evidence that we need an assault weapons ban. >> right. the attempted assassination of a u.s. member of congress would seem to some to be sufficient evidence. >> which didn't trigger any -- >> no.ç >> the main gun control advocacy group. there is no appetite on capitol hill for gun legislation. >> it's interesting. the lengths people will go to in order to...
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what does john boehner do if mitch mcconnell and harry reed come to an agreement? >> that is the question if something is done on the senate side, craig, there's been the talk about house republicans as in any majority, you end up bringing the majority of the legislation that is support bid the majority, and if john boehner brings something to the floor that doesn't have the support of the majority of the house republicans, there could be some type of -- his speakership could be threatened, who ends up trying to run against him, you just don't know. about the likelihood of john boehner bringing legislation that is supported mostly by democrats and a handful of republicans will bring him some trouble. that's a dynamic to watch. >> mark murray, senior political editor, thanks to you, sir. for more on what could happen as the fiscal cliff counts down. i want bring in the senior congressional reporter in politico. it's clear from what was said yesterday, that he believes that the senate leaders can put together a deal. take a listen. >> i just had a good and constructi
what does john boehner do if mitch mcconnell and harry reed come to an agreement? >> that is the question if something is done on the senate side, craig, there's been the talk about house republicans as in any majority, you end up bringing the majority of the legislation that is support bid the majority, and if john boehner brings something to the floor that doesn't have the support of the majority of the house republicans, there could be some type of -- his speakership could be...
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boehner making some noises. do you think, a, it's the right way to go and, b, it's the way the party can go. >> i think immigration is very important. i think if republicans think if we pass an immigration bill, hispanics will vote for us, i don't think that's true. you need to make sure hispanics are part of the party. one of the things romney did, we talked a lot about the illegal immigration stuff. romney ran a lot of ads about talking about how the economy is hurting latinos. it's not like he was -- he was trying to run the sort of broader message about, here, we're all suffering from this economy together. the thing i want to say is to conservatives who are reading this. >> they're authors of a book called emerging democratic majority which predicts the democratic changes we're seeing. >> it's a great book. political activists say there are no permanent majorities in politics. it's too competitive. republicans will figure it out. i hope they'll figure it out sooner rather than later. >> lorella, on this imm
boehner making some noises. do you think, a, it's the right way to go and, b, it's the way the party can go. >> i think immigration is very important. i think if republicans think if we pass an immigration bill, hispanics will vote for us, i don't think that's true. you need to make sure hispanics are part of the party. one of the things romney did, we talked a lot about the illegal immigration stuff. romney ran a lot of ads about talking about how the economy is hurting latinos. it's not...
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and two have written to john boehner asking him to hold a vote. >>> the southern baptist convention will be held this week. you should know southern baptists emerged from a split from northern baptists after slavery, and even after the civil war, they long supported segregation. the presidency next week, and will he does, become the last african-american to lead the southern baptists. finally, falling gas prices can help other places other than the pump. on thursday, we learned consumer prices fell last month, largely due to gas prices as we discussed last week, fighting inflation is one of the main jobs, falling prices give the fed more leeway to fulfill its other main mission. using monetary policy to help create jobs. you should know the associated press reports some economists now predict fed chair ben bernanke will do just that when fed policymakers meet this week and it it happens, it will seem to disprove the policy i talked about last week, mitt romney trying to do all he can to spur hiring. i would rarely be so happy to be wrong. i want to find out my guests think we should know
and two have written to john boehner asking him to hold a vote. >>> the southern baptist convention will be held this week. you should know southern baptists emerged from a split from northern baptists after slavery, and even after the civil war, they long supported segregation. the presidency next week, and will he does, become the last african-american to lead the southern baptists. finally, falling gas prices can help other places other than the pump. on thursday, we learned...